The new one took place on the night between Thursday 23 September and Friday 24 Nintendo Direct, which unveiled, among the many announcements, many news regarding a series of video games coming to Switch in the next months. Without further ado, let’s take a look at what titles showed up on this occasion. To retrieve the live broadcast, we recommend that you take a look at Nintendo’s official YouTube account.
Nintendo Direct: all announcements
Monster Hunter Rise – Sunbreak
The direct begins with a bang announcing the expansion of Monster Hunter Rise which will probably add the grade G. Not much is known about what this expansion will bring with it, but in the trailer we see a new elder dragon that is somewhat reminiscent of the black dragons, the strongest creatures in the franchise.
The DLC will be called Sunbreak and will be released insummer of 2022.
Chocobo GP
A new Square Enix racing game was then shown, Chocobo GP, which will allow us to compete astride the iconic yellow birds.
The game does not yet have a release date but is expected to arrive for a generic 2022.
Kirby and the Forgotten Land
Surprisingly, a new Kirby game was also announced, that is Kirby e the Forgotten Land, a new adventure in 3D starring our favorite pink creature. The game seems to offer spacious maps with a certain focus on exploration, not to mention the bossfight that can be glimpsed at the end of the trailer, which will surely give us a hard time looking for its weaknesses.
The game is expected to arrive in the spring of 2022.
Splatoon 3: Return of the Mammalians
The protagonist of a decidedly over the top trailer was also presented Splatoon 3 – Return of the Mammalians, which has shown itself in really interesting new gameplay sequences. In addition to seeing the furry mammals that give the game the subtitle, we were able to take a look at a wide range of weapons never seen before, which promise to entertain us like never before.
The game will be set in Spaltville and will see, as usual, two teams of four players battle for territorial domination with ink strokes.
Triangle Strategy
Always showed up tonight too Triangle Strategy, the new Japanese strategic RPG coming exclusively to Nintendo Switch, the next one March 4, 2022. The developers have declared for the occasion that they have received the feedback of the fans, implementing a series of important improvements, to the HUD, to the gameplay and to the way in which you can read the dialogues.
Metroid Dread
He could not miss it then Metroid Dread, which we have been able to observe in the long launch trailer. The game will be available starting October 8 and in the new video you can get an idea of the new abilities of Samus, as well as the terrifying threats he will face in this new adventure.
There will be multiple biomes in the game, as part of an alien planet infested with the mysterious Parasite X.
The Super Mario movie
A completely unexpected announcement was that of an animated film by Super Mario, which will arrive in North American cinemas in 2022, while in Europe it does not yet have a precise launch date. The film did not show itself in an actual trailer, but we got to discover the cast already.
It will be the voice of our favorite plumber Chris Pratt, while the rest of the voice actors understand Anya Taylor-Joy come Peach, Charlie Day in the role of Luigi, Jack Black come Bowser, Keegan-Michael Key per Toad, Seth Rogen in Donkey Kong, Fred Armisen come Cranky Kong, Kevin Michael Richardson per Kamek, Sebastian Maniscalco come Spike.
Bayonetta 3
The latest announcement of the evening will delight all fans of the hack ‘n Slash genre. We are talking about Bayonetta 3, which finally returned to show itself with a long gameplay trailer, which highlighted new aspects of the production.
The witch of Chade returns with a decidedly different look compared to the past, with a style vaguely reminiscent of its smaller version, while its moves are as agile as we remembered them, with some small novelties. In fact, now it seems to be possible control the summoned creatures firsthand through the magical powers of the protagonist and make them fight against the biggest opponents.
Lastly, Platinum Games has also revealed the launch window, for now set for a general 2022. Let’s just hope we don’t have to wait any longer for the witch’s great return.
Nintendo Switch Oline: a new subscription
Among the announcements of this Nintendo Direct there was also a surprise move by the great N. The company has in fact announced that starting from the end of October it will double its offer of retrogame online, with a additional subscription which will add two iconic consoles to those already present, namely NES, Super NES.
According to the official press release, in addition to offering all the benefits of current memberships, such as online gaming, access to an ever-expanding catalog of classics for the NES and Super NES, and more, will allow, for the very first time , to play online games such as Mario Kart 64 along with up to three other users.
As if that weren’t enough, Nintendo Switch Online members will soon be able to pre-order two new wireless controllers inspired by the original controllers for Nintendo 64 and SEGA Mega Drive, which can be used to play this catalog of classics on Nintendo Switch.